Total White Blood Cell Count Mediated the Association Between Increased Arterial Stiffness and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Adults.

CONCLUSIONS: Increased arterial stiffness might increase T2DM risk among middle-aged and older Chinese adults, which was partially mediated by total WBC count.
PMID: 32078369 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology - February 5, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Liu Y, Lai X, Guo W, Ma L, Li W, Fang Q, Yang H, Cai Y, Liu M, Zhang X, Yang L Tags: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol Source Type: research